It’s a Love Marriage for Hwang Bora
Actress Hwang Bora (Rainbow Romance, My Girl) is making her television comeback after she was caught last December for drunk driving. She was found driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.135% (U.S. legal limits are 0.08%; South Korea penalizes BAC of 0.05-0.09 with a 100 days’ license cancellation, and over 0.10 with cancellation of a license). Public opinion was (rightly, for once) censorious, and needless to say, she’s laid low since the incident.
Now she’s been cast in the upcoming KBS drama Love Marriage, a romantic comedy set to take Strongest Chil Woo’s place on Monday and Tuesday nights after that drama wraps next month. The series will be penned by Goong scribe Lee Eun-ah and stars Kim Min-hee (Some Like it Hot) as a “couple manager” at a dating service, while Kim Ji-hoon (Why Did You Come to Our House?, Flowers For My Life) is cast as a divorce attorney. Hwang Bora plays a part-time employee at Kim Min-hee’s office.
Love Marriage premieres August 25.
Call me girly — I wear the badge proudly! — but I may just really dig this one. I like the two lead actors, and I liked Hwang Bora well enough before her stupid mistake, which she’s hopefully learned from (taxis, people! You’re famous stars, why are you driving yourselves around anyway?). And despite finding Goong highly overrated, I think the writing was decent until the drama extensions caused all that boring, convoluted nonsense toward the end.
Via Hankyung.com
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Oh, Hwang Bora! I liked her in My GIrl
Hmm…seems like hottie Kim Ji-Hoon never runs out of projects..
And a drama from the scriptwriter of Goong?
Sounds interesting!
Thanks for the heads up, beans!
Thank you.
I really liked her in My Girl.
And I’m totally with you on Goong. Curse you, episode extensions!!
You’re famous stars, why are you driving yourselves around anyway?
Really?
I couldn’t recognize her at first. She was Lee Da Hae’s bestfriend in My Girl.. the one with the full lips.
She’s cute but I never thought she’d ever lead a drama. Good luck. Thanks for the news!
Can’t wait, thanks for the heads-up Java!
She was caught with a blood alchohol content of .135? Oh my. Well, I liked her in My Girl. She’s really adorable. So its nice seeing her back. I agree that she doesn’t seem much like a lead actress. I also adore Kim Ji Hoon. But i’m not much of a kim min hee fan and I absolutely hated Goong.
Thanks! Love KJH.
Ooh. I like Hwang Bora. And I have a thing for Kim Min Hee. So this sounds good ^O^
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I totally agree about Goong being overrated! I watched it after all the hype and was a little disappointed! The acting wasn’t too great either!